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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [sherry9]
by yermell
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Mar 30, 2008 (5:45 pm)
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Replying to: sherry9 (Mar 30, 2008 3:31 pm)
well my tank problem is improving, I've gone from 7.5 gal. or so last month up to 9.68 gals. today. I was on my flashing light. The temp was 43 F. I too wish Toyota would come clean on this. If the bladder tank is best technology I could probably live with it in the winter, if that is what I was expecting. But as I said in an earlier post, I didn't have this problem last year.
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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [yermell]
by stevegold
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Mar 30, 2008 (7:39 pm)
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Replying to: yermell (Mar 30, 2008 5:45 pm)
My bladder problem this winter disappeared a few weeks ago but I did NOT have it in 2007, 2006, 2005 or 2004.
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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [stevegold]
by sherry9
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Mar 31, 2008 (4:20 pm)
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Replying to: stevegold (Mar 30, 2008 7:39 pm)
I just filled mine up today and it took 5.2 gallons with 1 bar still lit. It has been in the sixties here for the last few days;
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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [sherry9]
by railroadjames
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Mar 31, 2008 (4:53 pm)
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Replying to: sherry9 (Mar 31, 2008 4:20 pm)
Worth mentioning is the method by which the Prius should be filled. My point being: Over the last 4 plus yrs of filling my '04 Prius I found that filling very slowly makes fill-ups attain maximum fill. When I do hit the blinking fuel gauge lite I know I can go approx. 25 miles. With that in mind, I find fill-ups usually are about 9 to 10 gallons. Again I reinterate. FILL VERY SLOWLY. It works for me. Last note...Winter's very cold weather does vary fill-ups about a gallon or so less.
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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [railroadjames]
by sergelbergeron
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Apr 01, 2008 (4:00 pm)
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Replying to: railroadjames (Mar 31, 2008 4:53 pm)
Well spring is almost here in Canada. I will watch this closely this summer and next winter. On my 05 and the 08 and I will advise - up here in Canada we are in litres so I will be converting. It is still a great car - I just wish I could depend on the gauge - is full really full?
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Flap covering filler hole?
by stevegold
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Apr 11, 2008 (7:58 pm)
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Replying to: sergelbergeron (Apr 01, 2008 4:00 pm)
Does your Prius (or HH) have a spring loaded round metal flap that covers the hole where the filler nozzle gets inserted? My 2004 does not, but it may have fallen in the tank causing the filling problems I experienced a few months ago. I don't remember if there ever was such a flap. Other owners report having such a flap.
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- #29 of 90
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Re: Flap covering filler hole? [stevegold]
by sherry9
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Apr 13, 2008 (10:47 am)
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Replying to: stevegold (Apr 11, 2008 7:58 pm)
Not that I know of.
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Re: Prius and filling the tank [jchshade1969]
by gscheil1
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Apr 28, 2008 (4:50 pm)
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Replying to: jchshade1969 (Mar 06, 2007 11:00 am)
Add gas very,very,very slowly.
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- #31 of 90
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Re: Flap covering filler hole? [sherry9]
by stevegold
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Apr 28, 2008 (7:04 pm)
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Replying to: sherry9 (Apr 13, 2008 10:47 am)
There is no flap. The problem must have been caused by very cold temperatures that did something to the rubber bladder in the tank. Once it warmed up, the problem disappeared. I don't know why it never happened in previous winters.
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- #32 of 90
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Re: Flap covering filler hole? [stevegold]
by sherry9
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Apr 29, 2008 (7:18 am)
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Replying to: stevegold (Apr 28, 2008 7:04 pm)
I'm glad your problem disappeared. Mine hasn't. It is now 70-80 degrees here and I still can't put in more than 7 gallons. I went for my arbitration hearing on the 18th and won my case. Toyota will be replacing my car within the next 45 days. It was very interesting listening to the representative from Toyota disputing my claim. According to her, there is no way to measure the amount of gas in the tank ( I thought that was what the gas gauge was for ), you cannot go by what it says in the owners manuel because it is wrong, and Toyota feels that there is nothing wrong with my car, that is how they all perform. I don't think so. Regardless, I love this car and am replacing it with another Prius.
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